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HAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1913.

Patented Dec. 22,1914.

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Martin H Wucjner ELI/toma@ MARTIN H. WAGNER, OF APLINGTON, IOWA.

HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914i.`

Application filed July 24, 1913. Seria-1 No. 781,006.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN H. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at rplington, in the county of Butler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Backs; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates to improvements in hay racks for wagons.

One object of the invention is to provide a hay rack having improved means for detachably fastening the same to the bed frame of a wagon and which is provided with means for removably holding the sides thereof in position.

Another object is to provide ahay rack for wagons which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, effi* cient and reliable in operation and which when applied and fastened to a wagon body frame will be held thereon against lateral or longitudinal movement.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a wagon body frame showing my improved rack applied thereto, parts being broken away and in section; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the frame and rack showing the latter fastened in position on the frame in full lines and in dotted lines illustrating the manner in which the rack is removed from the frame; Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 1 -1 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the combined bdy frame braces and rack attaching clips; Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the clip engaging plates of the rack; Fig. 7 is a central vertical section of the clip shown in Fig.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes the side rails of a wagon body frame, said rails being connected at their endsl by end cross pieces 2 and between their ends b v intermediate cross pieces 3. The cross pieces 2 and 3 are engaged with the lower edges of the rails 1 and are securely fastened thereto by rack attaching members 1, said members comprising inverted U- shaped clips 5, one end of which extends down beyond or is longer than the opposite end and secured to or formed integral with said longer end are downwardly extending bolts 6 which project through the cross bars and 3 and have engaged with their proj ecting ends washers 7 and clamping nuts .8:

whereby the cross bars are securely Afastened to the side rails. It will be noted that the fastening members for the intermediate cross bars are arranged in a reverse manner to the members which fasten the end cross bars, or in other words the bolts of the intermediate members are on the outer sides of the rails while the bolts of the end members are on the inner sides thereof. Thisarrangement of the members et more securely braces the body frame of the wagon. The looped upper portions of the members i are engaged with the upper portion of the rails 1 to which said members are rigidly secured by eye bolts 9 which are inserted through alined bolt holes in the sides of the clips 5 and through bolt holes in the rails 1 as shown.

The upper looped ends of the clips 5 of the members 4 project a slight distance above the upper edges of the side bars and form sockets 10 to receive the feetof right angular rack attaching plates 11 which areclearly shown in Fig,y 6 of the drawings, said plates being rigidly secured to the inner sides of the lower cross bars 1Q of the rack as shown. One of the cross bars is disposed adjacent to the looped upper portion of each of the clips 5 and rests on the upper edge-of the side rails to which it is firmly secured by the engagement of the feet of the plates 11 which are slipped into engagement with the sockets 10 formed by the projecting upper ends of the clips by a slight longitudinal movement of the rack on the side rail of the wagon body frame. IThe cross bars 12 project a considerable distance beyond the outer sides of the rails 1 in the usual manner and said projecting ends of the cross lzars are connected by longitudinal slats 13 which form the bottom of the rack and to the ends of the cross bars l2 are secured bail shaped clips 14 the looped ends of which project a considerable distance beyond the ends of the cross bars and form sockets to receive the lower ends of the stakes or cross bars of the sides of the rack (not shown), but which may be of the usual or any suitable construction. After the rack has been placed on the side rails of the wagon body and the feet of the plates 1l pushed into the sockets l0 formed by the projecting ends of the clips 5, buttons 15 which are pivoted at one end to the inner sides of the side rails and have their opposite ends beveled are turned into engagement with the inner side o f the cross bar 12 at one end of the rack whereby the latter is held against longitudinal movement in one direction and is thus prevented from becoming loose or casually disengaged from the body frame of the wagon. When it is desired to remove the rack it is simply necessary to swing the buttons l5 baci; out of engagement with the cross bar l2 whereupon the entire rack may be slipped back and the feet of the plates il thus disengaged from the sockets l0 whereupon the rack may be readily lifted from the body frame of the wagon.

The clips 5 are here shown and are preferably constructed from a strip of strap iron of suitable width, bent upon itself to form side members and the loop or socket l0 with which the rack attaching plates ll are engaged. ln the side members of the clip are formed alined bolt holes with which the eyebolts 9 are engaged to fasten the clips to the body frame of the wagon as hereinbefore described. One of the side members is somewhat longer lthan and projects below the end of the other member as has also been hereinbefore described and in the longer end is formed a bolt hole with which is engaged the bolt 6. rllhe bolt after being inserted through the bolt hole is bent to project longitudinally from the end of the clip and has its head and upper end riveted or firmly clinched to the end of the clip as is clearly shown at 6 in Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings. The clip when constructed in this manner Copies will be simple, strong, and durable and may be produced at a minimum expense.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, 'the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

`Vilhe combination with a body frame including side rails and cross pieces, inverted U-shaped clips straddling said side rails and having their looped portions spaced above said rails to form sockets, one arm of each clip being longer than the other, the intermediate clips having their longer arms disposed on the outer faces of the side rails and the end clips having their longer arms disposed on the inner faces of said side rails, means in connection with. the lower ends of said longer arms to secure the clips to the cross pieces, and means in connection with the shorter arms and the upper portions of the longer arms of said clips to secure the latter to the side rails; of a hay rack mow ably mounted on the upper edges of said side rails, means thereon for engagement with the aforesaid sockets, and additionalmeans to retain the hay rack in its engaging position with the body frame.

in testimony whereof .l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN H. WAGNER. vWi tnesses N. H. RnrN'rs, O. A. VoocD.

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Washington, 1D. 6?. 

